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J. D. BILLINGS.

MACHINE PORFORMING CLIPS 0N HORSESHOES. No. 443,893. Patented Deo. 30, 1890.

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JOHN D. BILLINGS, OF YET YORK, N. Y.

l SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,893, dated December 30, 1890.

Application filed July l0, 1890. Serial No.358,360. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, J QHN D. BILLINGS, of the city, county, and State of New York, have in- 'vented certain new and useful Improvements in Machinery for Forming Olips on Horse and Mule Shoes; and I do hereby declare that the tollowin g is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My object and purpose in this invention are to produce a practical machine which shall by its differently-constructed parts when combined and working together make, form, and shape a clip7 of the proper and required size upon the extreme toe end of horse and mule shoes.

The utility, novelty, and advantages of this invention over the old andl present devices and means employed for making or forming out clips upon horse and mule shoes are as follows: Instead of heating the shoe after it is bent into shoe shape and then placing it upon the anvil and by the use of the hand and a blacksmiths hammer making` the said clip, or after the shoe is bent and heated at the toe then placing it into a die and stamping it out by repeated blows of a drop die-hammer7 worked by complicated and'costly machinery, (and when the clip is made by these two processesnamed ithas cost too much in time,labor,

land money, and the clips cannot and have bars are then bent into horseshoe shape by side of the shoe and rolled there out of the blank bar, and Whichbead is for the purposes set forth in my invention and patent issued on an improved horseshoe, dated December 20, 1887, and No. 374,924, and presses the said bead between the said upper die attached to the hammer and the lower die attached to the end of the shoeholder, thus forming the exact shaped clip desired.

' The clip is made of sufficient size and strength to come over and 'cover the point of the extreme toe-hoof of the foot and should be about three-fourths of an inch long, onehalf of an inch high, and from one-eighth of an inch thick at the base to one thirty-second of an inch at the extreme top. This clip when so formed or made on the shoe prevents the shoe when worn on the feet of the animal from crowding or pressing back from the toe of the hoof to the heels and loosening the shoe and from drawing the nails which fasten on the shoe into the inner lining of the hooi", and causing the animal to favor his feet and from lameness.

These clips have been made and used on horseshoes for over a hundred years in this country, and horses and mules cannotbe used upon stony pavements, horse-railroads, omni- 4buses, stagelines, macadamized, and hard country roads without the clip on the shoes. Hence it is a very important andl necessary appendage to the horse and mule shoe.

The machine is Worked when completed and ready for use by placing it into the space or throat of acommon power-press, and which have been long in public use in machineshops, and is operated by steam or hand power or by any other suitable lever or press device, and will not require more than oncfourth ot a horse-power to operate it'.

By this improvement and process clips upon horse andmule shoes are made of any size or shape desired, and rapidly, cheaply, and perfectly.

My invention consists of ashoe-holder with its combined mechanisms for holding firmly the shoe while the necessary clip is being formed at the extreme toe end of the shoe, which holder may be made of cast-iron or any other suitable metal that can be cast into the form required; also, of a hammer, one end of which is attached to the shoeholder, the

other end moving upward and downward and holding the upper die, and which operates the upper die, which by its operation, together with the lower die, dies out or forms the said clip on the shoe, which hammer is also made from cast-iron or other suitable metal that can be used for casting; also, of two dies, the upper andlower die, which are so formed and shaped that when put into their proper places they will by a combined operation ot' the invention and machine term or make the said'clip and are made from tool-steel or other suitable metal.

In the drawings, Figure l represents the `base and inside ot' the shoe-holder with its mechanisms for holding the shoe when being clipped. Fig. E?. represents the hammer used for operating the upper die and its attachment at one end of the shoe-holder, together with the shoe-holdei', and in which is placed a slloe ready for the formation of the clip. Fig. 3 represents the completed improved machine for forming clips on horse and mule slices, also showing a completed operation and the clip formed on the shoe. Fig.4 represents one side or half of a shoe with a section of the iron or bead before t-lie clip is made or formed. Fig. 5 represents one side orhalf of the shoe after the clip has been formed. Fig. G represents a horseshoe with the footrest downward and the calks upward, ready and in the right position and forni to be placed into the shoe-holder and then form theclip.

The letter of reference A shows the solid parts of the inside of the shoe-holder.

A is that portion which the shoe encireles and against which at the outer end the in side toe end of the shoe is placed, and wliioh prevents the shoe from moving backward or inwardly and holds the shoe firmly when the dies E and` F are operating on the toe of the shoe and forming the clip. IB indicates the space or shoe-rest into which the shoe is placed and there held firmly until the clip is formed. This space or shoerest is made when the shoe-holder is molded and cast, and by a core, or is cored out, the rest part of the `sl1oeholder being iliade solid. This space or shoe-rest can be made or east in varied sizes and shapes to take in dilierent shapes and sizes ol' horse and mule shoes.

C C indicate the steel pinion which attaches one end ofthe hammer D to the shoe-holder, which works loosely, allowing the upper end of the hammer l) to operate the die E.

D D indicate the hammer attached to the slice-holder, (shown in Fig. 2,) and operates the upper die E. (Shown in Figs. i. and 3.)

E shows the upper die attached to thehamnier D. The upper portion of this die is rounded and slides into a hole or boring made in the hammer D, with a shoulder to fit against the lower end side of the hammer and kept firmly in its place by a set-screw Zi Il. The particular lower inside portion of this die, and which is employed in forming the clip, is shaped concave and oi the size rcquired, and the lower die F F is slotted and shouldered into the lower front end of the shoe-holder and held firmly by a set-screw b, the upper end frontsnrface of which is shaped or formed convex. Upon the upper end of this .latter die rests the bead C or iron at the toe end ot the shoe when the shoe is placed into the shoe-holder, and the hammer I) presses down the die E. The bead C or iron at the toe ot' the shoe is carried by this latter die between it and the die F, forming the clip and leaving it or shaping it convex on the side where the eoncaved upper die pressed it and concaved on the side where the convexed lower die pressed or shaped it, thus leaving the inside of the clip hollowed out and adapting itselt to the exact contour of the toe end ol' the hoof and forming a perfectly-completed fitting clip of both the inside and outside surfaces.

The letters d d indicate in Fig. l the setscrews which are used to keep the heels ol' the shoes from springing.,r or spreading when the dies are forming the clip. These setscrews are placed in the shoe-holder more as a preventive and precaution than as a necessity.

The letters d d indicate the exact point of the bead at the toe end of the slice when `it is in. its place resting on the outer end of the shoe-holder and the point where the upper die E commences to operate theelip.

The operation is as follows: The slice after being ready, as shown in Fig. G, and the toe end heated to a red heat, is placed into the shoe-holder, Fig. l, in the space or shoe-rest B D, and the machine being first placed into the throat ot the power-press, the foot is thus placed on the treadle of the power-press and pressed down. This movement causes the clutch attached to the press to operate the movable portion of the press, and which works downwardly to come in contact with the end of the hammer D, bringing the said hammer down the required distance and bringing the two dies E and F together with the iron or bead at the toe end of the shoe between them, and thus forming the said clip. The foot is then taken olf from the treadle, and the upper part or movable die of the press goes back to its former place and carries the hammer D with it, the hammer being attached at the upper movable end to the movable press-die by a lilik or short chain or any other suitable device, and the clipped shoe is thentakeii out of the shoe-holder by tongs and the 0peration is ready to be repeated.

That I claim as novel and useful, and de sire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A machine for forming clips on horse and mule shoes, consistingof a slice-holder, as shown in Figs. l and 3, for the purpose and substantially as described.

2. The slioe-holder with the space cored out or shoercst B Bthe closed or solid poi" IOO IOS

tions A A A', and the i open toe-space d d at the extreme toe end of the shoe, substantially as and for the purposes described.

3. The shoe-holder, as shown in Fig. 2, with the space cored out or shoe-restB B, the closed lor solid portions A A A', the open toe-space d d at the extreme toe end of the shoe, and the lower die F,its outside or surface front of convex form cl. shouldered in and held irmly by set-screw b and b2, substantially as and for the purposes described.

4. The hammer D, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, attached at the lower movable end to the said shoe-holder by pinion C, and the space b3 for receiving and the set-screw b and b2 for holding iirmiy the upper die E, as and for the purposes described.

5. The hammer D, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, attached at the lower movable end to the said shoe-holder by pinion C, the space b3 for receiving andthe set-screw b and b2 for holding iirmly the upper die E, and the upper die E, its inside working-face concaved in form, as and for the purposes described.

6. The shoe-holder, as shown in Figs. l and 3, with the cored-out space or shoe-rest B B, the closed or solid portions A A A', the open toe-space d d at the extreme toe end of the shoe, and the lower die F,its outside or surface front of convex form d, shouldered in and held iirmly by set-screw b and b2, in combination with the hammer D, as shown in Figs. 2 and 8, attached at the lower movable end to the said shoe-holder by pinion C, the space b3 for receiving and theset-screw b and b2 forholding firmly the upper die E, andthe upper die E,

vits inside working surface concaved in form,

as and for the purposes described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own invention I affix my signature in 4o presence of two witnesses.

JOHN D. BILLINGS.

Witnesses:

ANDREW H. METTEE, IRA PLUuLEY. 

